"My life is different than it would have been if I never received the transfer since my dream of building a bigger and better house has materialized. I have been struggling in vain to raise funds for building another since the one that we had was a bit small and less presentable. Thus, I greatly appreciate the timely financial boost that I received from GiveDirectly. We have gained sufficient space and more prestige from the new house."

"I have a plan of bringing up a new kitchen structure because the one we are using currently may just end up collapsing anytime because it is in such a poor and dilapidated state. We do not want any of us to be caught unawares because the rainy season is just around the corner."

"I am glad we have enough food even though it is a dry season and food is scarce. When we received the transfers we bought enough food that was in season and stored them. We are able to sell them at a higher price than the price I bought them with since they are out of season and the demand is high. I can comfortably feed my family and still earn a few shilling to cater for my other needs."

"In the next six months, I want to continue boosting my business. I would still use part of transfers to boost my business by buying at least one piece of iron and equipment for the business. I am hoping by the end of the year, it will be stable enough to handle all my family needs."

"My life has improved greatly since I started receiving transfers from Give Directly. We used to live in a grass thatched house that was not so decent. The roof used to leak during the rainy season. The walls were in bad condition and had to be repaired more often. But now we live in a very good semipermanent house. The roof is also covered with the iron sheet. The old house is currently used as a kitchen which also serves as a bedroom to my teenage daughter. She no longer sleeps at my neighbour's house. This used to bother me because walking at night was not safe especially for a young girl like her."

"In the next six months, the change that I expect to occur in my life is the renovation of my house. As a result, I expect a change of life in that I shall have renovated my house. It will, therefore, be good and nice to stay in thus I shall always feel happy to have visitors around me. Currently, I have been living in an old and small house thus I do not feel comfortable hosting my visitors."

"The biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving payments from GiveDirectly is that I have been able to save some money toward the building of my house. This has given me hopes that my dream will soon be accomplished. Having a house back at home will always make me comfortable visiting my parents back in the village as I will be having a place to sleep comfortably at unlike now where I will have to seek accommodation from my neighbors in case I visit."

"My goal now that I have started receiving the money is to expand my business. I have now started saving some money which I will use in achieving this. Since this business is my only source of income, I am not financially stable since my business is still at a tender stage. Expanding it will help me get more customers which in turn will earn me more income. With this, I will be able to meet my needs on time and even support my siblings."

"I felt so happy the moment I started receiving my money since I knew that I would be able to use the money to accomplish my dreams. Having no money is like a disability in our region especially due to the hard economy since one can achieve little or nothing at all. Truly, this money came in the time I needed most and I give all thanks to God for making GiveDirectly Mathare instead of other slums in Nairobi."

"The biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving payments from GiveDirectly is that I now live alone and pay my house rent on time unlike before when I used to live with my friend. This always made me buy food since my friend was not comfortable with the idea of cooking inside our house. Living in my own house has helped me be able to cook and not to buy food and I also have the privacy I need all thanks to GiveDirectly for helping me achieve this."